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COALESCE

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MEETING 

PLACE EDITION

WC-COA-MPE

USER MANUAL

Summary of Contents for WC-COA-MPE

Page 1: ...24 7 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AT 1 877 877 2269 OR VISIT BLACKBOX COM COALESCE MEETING PLACE EDITION WC COA MPE USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...nnect Using the iOS Application 14 4 5 Connect iOS Devices Using AirPlay 16 4 6 Connect MacOS Using AirPlay 17 4 7 Minimum Requirements of Connecting Devices 18 5 MANAGING ATTENDEES 19 5 1 Re ordering Attendees and Changing View 19 5 2 Adding and Removing Attendees 19 5 3 Make an Attendee Full Screen Active Display 19 5 4 Take Control of a PC 20 5 5 Active Display Menu Options 21 5 6 Add a Whitebo...

Page 3: ...ion Menu 26 9 2 Share Your Screen 26 9 3 Become the Active Display 27 10 COALESCE MPE SETTINGS 28 10 1 About Tab 28 10 2 AirPlay Tab 29 10 3 Security Tab 29 10 4 Access Point Tab 30 APPENDIX A SUPPORT 31 A 1 Contacting Technical Support 31 A 2 Shipping and Packaging 31 APPENDIX B DISCLAIMER TRADEMARKS 32 B 1 Disclaimer 32 B 2 Trademarks Used in this Manual 32 ...

Page 4: ...n AC2 0 Video Output HDMI output with Audio Streaming Video Support HD 1920 x 1080 HD SD 1280 x 720 Audio Output SPDIF Digital Optical Audio I O 1 USB 2 0 1 USB 3 0 1 USB C 1 Micro SD IR Operating System Android 6 0 Marshmallow Coalesce Software Pre installed Includes Android version of Coalesce server software built for wireless sharing Security Specifications Network Interface Cards 1 Ethernet N...

Page 5: ...er Interface Connect up to 4 participant s screens Touch display support or control via connected mouse keyboard Make any connected participant the Active Display Drag move client displays at receiver display Desktop control of full screen client PC s Active Display from the receiver display Whiteboard Annotation tools Client Interface Windows Application Share your desktop Choose to be the Active...

Page 6: ... to a large format display To connect more than 4 attendees or to share audio and video you ll need Coalesce Enterprise For more information contact Black Box Technical Support at 877 877 2269 or info blackbox com 2 2 NETWORKING Before using Coalesce MPE make sure that your network device is connected to a wired or wireless network Guidance on how to do this can be found in your network device s u...

Page 7: ...he screen For more information on how to connect devices see Chapter 4 3 2 STATUS BAR OVERVIEW The status bar menu is at the top of the Coalesce MPE display and contains the meeting menu and a group of status icons to the right FIGURE 3 2 STATUS BAR Access the meeting menu by tapping or clicking on the Black Box Double Diamond icon in the left corner revealing the options below FIGURE 3 3 MEETING ...

Page 8: ...CAL SUPPORT 1 877 877 2269 CHAPTER 3 GETTING STARTED TABLE 3 1 STATUS ICONS SYMBOL DESCRIPTION Cloud services internet connected disconnected Attendees number of connected attendees shown to right Coalesce Meeting Place Edition MPE has cloud connectivity for screen sharing only ...

Page 9: ... Section 4 2 Chromebook Coalesce MPE web client Section 4 2 iOS Coalesce MPE iOS application Section 4 4 AirPlay Section 4 5 Android Coalesce MPE Android application Section 4 3 See section 4 7 for minimum system requirements NOTE Attendees must be connected to the same local network as the Coalesce Meeting Place Edition MPE unit or be connected to an Access Point to use AirPlay 4 1 CONNECT USING ...

Page 10: ... 1 877 877 2269 CHAPTER 4 CONNECTING ATTENDEES When Coalesce Meeting Place Edition MPE opens enter Attendee Name and the Meeting ID You do not need to enter a PIN when connecting to a Coalesce MPE meeting FIGURE 4 2 LOGIN SCREEN See Chapter 6 for more information on the Windows application ...

Page 11: ...m http www google com chrome Open Chrome and navigate to http www joincoalesce com attendees will see the next page FIGURE 4 3 LOGIN SCREEN IN CHROME WEB BROWSER INTERFACE The Coalesce MPE Extension must be installed from the Chrome web store to share the screen You will be prompted to do this the first time you go to www joincoalesce com 4 2 1 INSTALLING THE COALESCE MPE EXTENSION To install the ...

Page 12: ... Coalesce Meeting Place Edition MPE meeting Click Join Now when ready to connect Next a prompt will appear asking what the attendee wishes to share either the entire desktop or a specific window Select an option then click on Share to connect to the Coalesce MPE meeting FIGURE 4 6 CLICK SHARE TO CONNECT TO THE MEETING When connected using the web client attendees must keep the Chrome browser windo...

Page 13: ...NNECT USING THE ANDROID APPLICATION Download the Android Application from the Google Play Store search Coalesce MPE FIGURE 4 7 ANDROID APP Once installed tap the Coalesce Meeting Place Edition MPE icon to open the app FIGURE 4 8 COALESCE MPE ICON When the app launches enter the criteria to join the meeting Name Meeting ID and PIN if required ...

Page 14: ...UPPORT 1 877 877 2269 CHAPTER 4 CONNECTING ATTENDEES FIGURE 4 9 ANDROID JOIN MEETING SCREEN See Chapter 8 for more information on the Android application 4 4 CONNECT USING THE IOS APPLICATION Download the iOS Application from the Apple App Store search Coalesce MPE FIGURE 4 10 IOS APP ...

Page 15: ...CTING ATTENDEES Once installed tap the Coalesce Meeting Place Edition MPE icon to open the app FIGURE 4 11 COALESCE MPE ICON When the app launches enter the criteria to join the meeting Name Meeting ID and PIN if required FIGURE 4 12 IOS JOIN MEETING SCREEN Please see Chapter 8 for more information on the iOS application ...

Page 16: ...s Coalesce MPE Swipe up from the bottom of the screen on the iOS device to reveal the Control Center FIGURE 4 13 CONTROL CENTER Select the applicable AirPlay name you can view change this in the Coalesce Meeting Place Edition MPE settings An AirPlay password is required this will be the Meeting ID FIGURE 4 14 SELECT AIRPLAY NAME FOR IOS After tapping ok the screen of the iOS device will appear on ...

Page 17: ...oalesce Meeting Place Edition MPE When connected to a valid network with AirPlay the AirPlay icon will be shown in the top right of the MacOS Menu Bar Click this to see a list of available AirPlay receivers on the local network Select the applicable AirPlay name from the drop down list you can view change this in the Coalesce MPE settings FIGURE 4 15 LIST OF AIRPLAY NAMES FOR MAC AirPlay will prom...

Page 18: ...TION MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Windows Application Windows 10 Windows 8 Windows 7 limited support Minimum processor graphics requirement 3rd Generation Intel Processor with Intel HD Graphics 4000 or Intel HD Graphics 2500 with latest drivers Chrome Web client Google Chrome version 55 Windows Mac Ubuntu Fedora Chrome OS AirPlay iOS 9 10 MacOS 10 10 10 11 10 12 Android Application Android 5 and above iOS...

Page 19: ...eeting ID will be visible in the top left corner of the Coalesce MPE display Tapping on this will open the Coalesce MPE Meeting ID screen with the Meeting ID in a larger format If the maximum amount of attendees are already connected attendees can easily be removed by dragging an attendee s display to the trash bin If an attendee wants to disconnect he can select to Leave Coalesce MPE in the app o...

Page 20: ...THE ACTIVE DISPLAY Attendees will also be able to set themselves as the Active Display from within the Windows application see Section 6 2 and web client see Section 7 2 5 4 TAKE CONTROL OF A PC When a Windows PC using the Coalesce Meeting Place Edition MPE Windows application is set as the Active Display Coalesce MPE has full mouse control of that PC from the display ...

Page 21: ... Select this option to return to the Coalesce Meeting Place Edition MPE view of all connected devices Annotation tool Used to annotate over the current display Click or tap to cycle through colors Mouse control Take mouse control of a PC connected using the Coalesce MPE Windows Application Clear annotations Delete all annotations from the current screen Show hide keyboard Show or hide the on scree...

Page 22: ...ore information on this contact Black Box Technical Support at 877 877 2269 or info blackbox com 6 2 BECOME THE ACTIVE DISPLAY A device can be made the Active Display by clicking the FULL icon in the menu bar This will make that attendee s device full screen on the main display When an attendee is presenting he can take control of his PC from the main display 6 3 PAUSE SCREEN SHARING The attendee ...

Page 23: ... 7 2 BECOME THE ACTIVE DISPLAY A device can be made the Active Display by clicking the Select De select as Active Display icon in the menu bar This will make that attendee s device full screen on the main display NOTE Mouse control of the Active Display is not available when using the web client 7 3 PAUSE SCREEN SHARING The attendee can press the pause screen sharing button at any time allowing th...

Page 24: ...n 4 3 8 1 ANDROID APPLICATION MENU AFTER JOINING THE MEETING Leave the meeting Active display Share Pause screen FIGURE 8 1 ANDROID APPLICATION MENU NOTE More features are not available on Coalesce Meeting Place Edition MPE To use these features the Coalesce Enterprise solution is required For more information on this contact Black Box Technical Support at 877 877 2269 or info blackbox com ...

Page 25: ...g shared see below FIGURE 8 2 SCREEN SHARING BUTTON FIGURE 8 3 NOT SHARING SCREEN BUTTON 8 3 BECOME THE ACTIVE DISPLAY If the attendee on the Android device wishes to become the Active Display he can do this by tapping the Active Display button FIGURE 8 4 ACTIVE DISPLAY BUTTON This will make that attendee s device full screen on the main display which will also share the content to anyone viewing ...

Page 26: ...onnect with the iOS application see Section 4 4 9 1 IOS APPLICATION MENU Leave the meeting Active display Share screen FIGURE 9 1 IOS APPLICATION MENU 9 2 SCREEN SHARING Tap the Screen share button on the tool bar to pause or resume screen sharing The button will indicate whether the screen is being shared FIGURE 9 2 NOT SHARING THE SCREEN ...

Page 27: ...CTIVE DISPLAY If the attendee on the iOS device wishes to become the Active Display he can do this by tapping the Active Display button FIGURE 9 4 ACTIVE DISPLAY BUTTON This will make that attendee s device full screen on the main display which will also share the content to anyone viewing the active display on the Windows Application Web Client or iOS and Android applications NOTE Currently only ...

Page 28: ...k on Settings FIGURE 10 1 DROP DOWN MENU 10 1 ABOUT TAB The About tab in the settings contains information about Coalesce MPE FIGURE 10 2 ABOUT TAB OPENED TABLE 10 1 ABOUT TAB SETTINGS ITEM DESCRIPTION Coalesce MPE version The version of Coalesce MPE currently running The Coalesce MPE unit will check for updates automatically when connected to the Internet install these when prompted S N The Coale...

Page 29: ...The AirPlay tab of the Settings screen allows for the AirPlay name to be changed type the new name into the text box and tap Apply to confirm FIGURE 10 3 CHANGE AIRPLAY NAME 10 3 SECURITY TAB The Security tab of the Settings screen enables you to remove or change the Unlock Code click on the appropriate button FIGURE 10 4 REMOVE OR CHANGE THE UNLOCK CODE ...

Page 30: ...ou clicked on the Change Unlock Code button the following screen appears Enter a 4 digit unlock code FIGURE 10 5 ENTER THE UNLOCK CODE 10 4 ACCESS POINT TAB The Access Point tab of the Settings screen allows you to add an access point type the SSID and password into the text box and tap Apply to confirm FIGURE 10 6 ADD AN ACCESS POINT SCREEN ...

Page 31: ...We will be able to provide more efficient and accurate assistance if you have a complete description including the nature and duration of the problem when the problem occurs the components involved in the problem any particular application that when used appears to create the problem or make it worse A 2 SHIPPING AND PACKAGING If you need to transport or ship your Coalesce MPE Package it carefully...

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